Art in adversity: Tadeusz Kantor's fighting spirit

May 5

Our first tailor-made podcast episode Art in adversity: Tadeusz Kantor's fighting spirit delves into the work of Polish artist and theatre maker Tadeusz Kantor, whose work inspired the likes of Joseph Beuys (whom Kantor worked closely with), choreographer Pina Bausch and theatre company Complicité, to name a few.

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Kantor made work under extraordinarily challenging times. Under the Nazi occupation of Poland, he founded the Independent Underground Theatre, and later carried on creating work throughout Poland’s communist regime. Dash Arts Artistic Director Josephine Burton investigates how he navigated the politics and continued to create, and what we can take from Kantor during our own challenging times.

We speak to Natalia Zarzecka, Director of Cricoteka (Centre for Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor) in Krakow, Puppeteer Nenagh Watson, filmmaker Duncan Ward and producer and director David Gothard, all of whom worked with Kantor, as well as Dr Mischa Twitchin, who teaches Polish Theatre at Goldsmiths University.

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To see Duncan's films of Kantor and clips to videos of Kantor's work, please head to our website at http://www.dasharts.org.uk/podcast where you can also find more information and podcast episodes.